With the new Batman movie Dark Knight premiering July 25, the press onslaught from Warner Bros. will soon be in high gear. But until then, here’s a creepy new still from the flick of Heath Ledger, part of a set of “amazing snaps show The Joker dressed as a deadly doctor and a creepy cop.” Yeeeah, it’s kinda difficult to dress this up as anything more pleasant. [Sun]
Although Heath Ledger is said to have finished shooting all his scenes for Batman: The Dark Knight, his death presents some marketing challenges for Warner Bros., who have to sell a blockbuster franchise film not only without one of its celebrity leads, but also in a way that doesn’t gross out moviegoers, or smell of disrespect. Especially hard when Heath’s character, The Joker, is a vile heavy.
The excellent Kim Masters expounds on how we might be listening to a voice artist for some of The Joker’s dialogue, since the rough audio captured during filming might not be pristine enough.
But what about the T-shirts? Action figures?
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• The Batman franchise continues to be profitable.
• Goys maintain the pretense of caring about Chanukah.
• Amanda Beard is hasn’t gotten ugly.
• Celebrities still have nipples.
• Bad music will always be inexplicably popular.
• Nicholas Cage’s hairline isn’t fooling anybody.